Archive for the 'Judicial matters' Category

Change in court schedule: dependencies and Juvy case

Published January 28, 2010 in Bar News and Judicial matters. Closed

Per Ms. Clevenger, Court Administrator: CHINS/YAR moves to Wednesday at 0830 as of March 1; Juvenile Dependency Calendar moves to Wednesday at 0900 as of March 1; Juvenile Offender Calendar moves to 0900 Thursday as of March 1.

Changes to local rules

Published July 3, 2009 in Bar News, Judicial matters and Uncategorized. Closed

On June 29, 2009, the Clallam County Superior Court implemented changes to LCR 77(k), and LCR 94(f) (with Exhibit A), and Administrative rule 0.3, and added Administrative Rule 0.5, 0.6, 0.7

Of particular note for family law practictioners, LCR 94(f) makes substantial changes to the settlement conference procedures, and imposes heavy financial santcions for failing to comply with the rule. For example,  settlement conference briefs are now mandatory using the required form, and if filed late incur mandatory sanctions of $250-$500. Failing to appear at a settlement conference, without court permission, yields a mandatory sanction of $250.

Administrative rule 0.7 requires all pleadings to be in at least 12 point type.

Local rules may be found at www.courts.wa.gov

Judicial Candidate Forum, Court of Appeals

Published May 30, 2008 in Bar News and Judicial matters. Closed

The Clallam County Bar Association is holding a judicial candidate forum for the candidates for Washington State Court of Appeals Division II, District 2.
Attorney Tim Ford is challenging the incumbent Judge J. Robin Hunt for a seat on the court.
Both candidates will be present to discuss their judicial philosophy and to answer questions put to them by the moderator.
The event will be held Friday, June 20, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at the Port Angeles City Council Chambers.
The public is invited to attend.
For further information about the candidates: www.reelectjudgehunt.com and www.timford2008.com
Patrick M. Irwin, President
Clallam County Bar Association
360-457-3327

Judge rotation lunch meeting

Published March 4, 2008 in Clerk's Office and Judicial matters. Closed

There will be a brown bag luncheon at noon tomorrow (March 5, 2008) at the courthouse. This will be to discuss the judge rotation calendar.

Brooke Taylor sworn as Judge

Published January 3, 2008 in Bar News and Judicial matters. Closed

judges-003a.jpg(Click to enlarge photo) To an overflowing crowd in Clallam County’s Courtroom 1, Brooke Taylor was sworn in by Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerry Alexander, as Clallam County’s new, and third, Superior Court judge on Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Present at the ceremony were numerous dignitaries including Continue reading ‘Brooke Taylor sworn as Judge’

Brooke Taylor wins Judicial election

Published September 8, 2007 in Judicial matters. Closed

The primary election is over and Brooke Taylor will be the new Clallam County Superior Court judge. By statute, any judge who wins more than 50% of a primary election will be the only candidate appearing on the fall general election. Mr. Taylor won 53% of the election, therefore his name will be the only one appearing on the ballot.

ClallamCountyBar.com says congratulations to Mr. Taylor, and offers a hearty congratulations to Brent Basden, Curtis Johnson and Craig Miller for making the effort to keep our democracy robust.

Judicial primary election results

Published August 22, 2007 in Judicial matters. Closed

The County’s first report of results (all candidates and positions) can be seen here

As of 8:09 p.m. on 8/21/07, the unofficial tally’s are:

Brooke Taylor – 52.75% with 7,032 votes
Brent Basden - 22.73% with 3,031 votes
Curtis Johnson - 13.34% with 1,779
Craig Miller – 11.18% with 1,490 votes

If Brooke Taylor maintains more than 50% of the vote, state law mandates
that he will be the only candidate placed on the general election ballot.  The next count will be Friday August 24th by 4:30 p.m.. The election results will be final and certified on September 5th.

Bar Poll results

Published July 23, 2007 in Judicial matters and Uncategorized. Closed

The Bar Association’s poll results for judicial candidates are in. Results based on 9 measures with  a grading scale of 1-5 for each measure are as follows:

4.7 Brooke Taylor
3.7 Brent Basden
3.1 Curtis Johnson
3.1 Craig Miller

Click here to see a table of the result details: bar-poll-results-table.htm

This summer marks an historic election for Clallam County’s newly created position for a third Superior Court Judge (position #3). This position was authorized by an act of the state legislature last year. The first ballot will be in the primary election (August 21, 2007 this year) Unless one candidate obtains 51% or more of the vote, the top two candidates will run off in the November election.